Digital Sessions F’2012

Digital Futures Lab

As in the past semester, Casey Rehm will be available for studio and student specific workshops or assistance on Friday’s from 11-5. Please contact him at *protected email* to schedule a meeting. Additionally, this semester Fleet Hower will be available to additional assistance on Monday’s from 4-6pm.

Fall 2012 Workshop Schedule

Block 1 08/29, 08/30: Topology and Form – An introduction to polygonal and subdivision modeling through the translation of figural analysis into proto-architectural tectonics in Maya

Block 2 09/05, 09/06: Temporal Implications – An introduction to the use of animation as both perceptual and morphological technique in Maya

Block 3 09/12, 09/13: Intensive Surfacing – An exploration in the use of contemporary texturing and 3d painting tools to produce a dialogue between form and surface articulation. Students will utilize MudBox and Maya

Block 4 09/19, 09/20: Fractal Tectonics – An introduction to recursion as a producer of scalable articulation through the use of Python in Rhino/Grasshopper

Block 5 09/26. 09/27: Complex Behaviors – An introduction to non-linear methods through the use of Python/Grasshopper in Rhino to deploy tectonic components.

Block 10 11/15, 11/28, 11/29: Simulation and Optimization – Exploration in the utility of evolutionary optimization and physics engines as a generator of form in Grasshopper with the free plugins galapagos and kangaroo.